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As reported by TNN on timesofindia.indiatimes.com on 19 April 2008:
In 2 yrs, 108 conservancy staff deaths-Pune-Cities-The Times of India

In 2 yrs, 108 conservancy staff deaths

PUNE: A high-level probe into the cause of deaths among conservancy workers of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) between October 2005 and September 2007 has established that many of them have died owing to 'non-occupational hazards', including AIDS, liver cirrhosis, heart attack and blood pressure.

This has been revealed in a report submitted by an eight-member committee. The probe, ordered by municipal commissioner Pravinsinh Pardeshi, claims that 108 conservancy employees died between October 2005 and September 2007, and not 225 as claimed by a section of the Press.

Interestingly, in a recent reply to civic activist Vihar Durve under the Right to Information Act, the PMC had said that the total number of employees who died while in service from October 2005 to October 2007 was 225.

Speaking to TOI, Suresh Jagtap, deputy commissioner (solid waste management), said, "There is no ambiguity in the RTI reply and our probe report. The number of deaths of conservancy workers is 108. The total number of deaths, including employees from other departments, was 225."

However, in the same breath, he asserted "For us, every human life is important. We are making every effort to improve the working conditions of the conservancy staff. At the same time, we wish to ensure that our measures to restrict the number of fatalities among the conservancy workers is not misdirected,".